# US 7,746,148 B2 · High-side driver

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- Number: US 7,746,148 B2
- Document ID: US7746148B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/324,843
- Filed: 2008-11-27
- Published: 2009-10-15
- Granted: 2010-06-29
- Earliest claimed: 2008-04-14
- Assignees: inergy Technology Inc.
- Inventors: Hsien-Wen Hsu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7746148B2

## CPC

- H03K 17/6877: {the control circuit comprising active elements different from those used in the output circuit}
- H03K 19/017545: {Coupling arrangements; Impedance matching circuits}
- H03K 17/161: {in field-effect transistor switches}
- H03K: PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M)

## Abstract

A high-side driving circuit is provided, where Q terminal and Q terminal of the latch circuit respectively feed back to the first switch and the second switch, which may control asymmetric impedance, such that the high-side driving circuit can prevent noise.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A high-side driver, comprising:
a first impedance element having a terminal electrically coupled with a power supply;
a first switch electrically coupled in parallel with the first impedance element;
a second impedance element has a terminal electrically coupled with another terminal of the first impedance element;
a first transistor having a drain electrically coupled with another terminal of the second impedance element;
a third impedance element having a terminal electrically coupled with the power supply;
a second switch electrically coupled in parallel with the third impedance element;
a fourth impedance element having a terminal electrically coupled with another terminal of the third impedance element;
a second transistor having a drain electrically coupled with another terminal of the fourth impedance element;
a signal generator has a first pulse output terminal and a second pulse output terminal, wherein the first pulse output terminal is electrically coupled with a gate of the first transistor, the second pulse output terminal is electrically coupled with a gate of the second transistor;
a latch circuit having a set terminal, a reset terminal and a first output terminal and a second output terminal, wherein the set terminal is electrically coupled with the drain of the first transistor, the reset terminal is electrically coupled with the drain of the second transistor and another terminal of the fourth impedance element, the first output terminal is electrically coupled with the first switch, the second output terminal is electrically coupled with the second switch; and
a controller for controlling the signal generator to selectively output a first pulse signal or a second pulse signal.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The high-side driver as claimed in claim 1, wherein resistance value of the first impedance element approximately equals resistance value of the third impedance element, and resistance value of the second impedance element approximately equals resistance value of the fourth impedance element.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The high-side driver as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first pulse output terminal outputs the first pulse signal to turn on the first transistor, than the first output terminal of the latch circuit outputs a high level electric potential, and the second output terminal of the latch circuit outputs a low level electric potential.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The high-side driver as claimed in claim 3, wherein the high level electric potential enables the first switch to cut off, and the low level electric potential enables the second switch to turn on.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The high-side driver as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first output terminal continuously outputs the high level electric potential.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The high-side driver as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second pulse output terminal outputs the second pulse signal to turn on the second transistor, than the second output terminal of the latch circuit outputs a high level electric potential, and the first output terminal of the latch circuit outputs a low level electric potential.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The high-side driver as claimed in claim 6, wherein the low level electric potential enables the first switch to turn on, and the high level electric potential enables the second switch to cut off.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The high-side driver as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first output terminal continuously outputs the low level electric potential.